Security Jobs in United States
There are 37,521 open Security jobs in United States on freehire right now. 8,735 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cybersecurity, cloud and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $139,612 | $170,000 | $205,000 | 2,498 |
| USD | hour | $19 | $24 | $36 | 200 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cybersecurity 22%
- cloud 22%
- ai 15%
- automation 12%
- cissp 11%
- typescript 11%
- aws 10%
- nist 10%
How the work is done
- Onsite 2,683 · 7%
- Remote 2,359 · 6%
- Hybrid 2,100 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 25% of the 4,062 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 5,911
- Lead 1,902
- Principal 952
- Middle 684
- Staff 623
- Junior 613
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 5,457
- 501-1000 employees 1,642
- 51-200 employees 423
- 11-50 employees 259
- 201-500 employees 63
- 1-10 employees 53
Security Engineer
Designs and implements enterprise-wide security infrastructure under Zero Trust principles, including policy, access control, cloud security, and incident response for an AI hardware startup.
Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response
Lead Robinhood's security incident response, build AI-driven detection frameworks, and mentor engineers to protect the platform and customers in a high-growth fintech environment.
Staff Offensive Security Engineer
Lead red team operations and penetration testing for a fintech platform, simulating adversary attacks to uncover and help remediate security risks across applications, infrastructure, and physical environments.
Security Analyst I (Friday–Monday, 12am–11am CST)
Monitor security dashboards and alerts, triage incidents, manage EDR/SIEM tool changes, and document actions in ConnectWise during a Friday–Monday overnight CST shift at an MSP.
Cybersecurity Lead
Cybersecurity Lead at a health-tech startup, owning hands-on security strategy implementation, detection and incident response, HIPAA compliance, and security automation across a cloud-native SaaS platform.
Sr. Endpoint Security Engineer I (6701)
Lead endpoint security operations using Trellix tools (ePO, ENS, EDR, DLP) to harden systems, respond to incidents, and integrate with SIEM/SOAR for 24x7 threat monitoring in a large enterprise.
Cloud Security Architect
Lead cloud security architecture and implementation of Palo Alto Strata Cloud Manager, design secure cloud network architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and define security standards and frameworks.
Security Account Executive - Fed/Civ
Sell Cisco’s security solutions to U.S. state/local agencies, law enforcement, and defense contractors, building executive relationships and closing deals on Zero Trust, cloud security, and incident-response tools.